Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-17

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Educational Column.
JOHN B. ScoTT, Editor.
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A thCruugh understanding Of what
we endeavor 10 fix In the mind, assists
In the psrnansncy ofits retention. III
desire to remember ! new wor,i, its
meaning, spelling &C.. will assist me
much. We teachers often congratulate
ourselves that our pupils are thorough
In their grammar. geography. history,
&C., gone over. but are disappointed at
seeing how soou they forget. A want
of clear comprehension OF the matter
was the chief cause Of the transitory
remembrance. They saw the matter
through the dawn and not in the light
of the MONDAY sun.
System in the arrangement of the
things We wish to remember will be
of much services In our efforts to retain
them. Ifyou shave place for every
thing and keep verything In its
place." you will lose but little time
searching for what was lost as compar-
ed with the person who has "high
nail for everything" A farmer said
to me few days ago "I can't imagine
how much time have lost in my time,
by not keeping everything In its place."
In other words he had lost much time
by not being systematic. As the farmer
meant that he should keep everything
In its place 30 as to readily get hold of
1t when he needed it, sn we should
classify our knowledge that we may
have command of 1t. Every book
worth reading or studying has its con-
tents systematically arranged. We
| should spare no pains to make our
knowledge metbodic.
II we wish to tress q thing in our
minds permanently we must review il.
If we want pupils to remember what
they go over we must have them to
review often. five wish to be familiar
with matter-have It on our tongues
end-the first thing necessary Is revieU
the second review, the third review.
ITO be continued
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUNG rEAcHERs-
Continued.
Every man In every vocation Of life
has his weak points. These he must
study to the end that he may strength
en- them. If the government of your
school was not success, find the cause.
Was 1t lack Of firmness, a neglect to
weigh matters before acting upon
them. or was it for the lack Of patience
and tact, or all of these? A mong the
native abilities Of the teacher 10 be cul-
tivated none 10 more important than
the judgment. There 10 no part of the
teachers work in which good judg-
ment Is not necessary. Make few rules
for the government Of your school and
these only "a they are created by neces-
sity. Be careful that your rule 10 en-.
forceable. Don't make rule to retain
pupils longer than six hours for neglect
O. lessons or for other causes. Do not
make rule which makes expulsion or
suspension IS penalties for offenses.
Such rules cannot be enforced. The
law does not permit you to enforce
them. II you make . worthless rule
frankly acknowledge it and simply say
that it proves that teacher 10 like the
rest of nanKind-a faliible creature
not superhumsn as many people seem
to think he ought TO be. When you
repeal laws make the fact known.
otherwise the pupils would conclude
that you made laws with no expecta-
ton Of enforcing them. Be patient
with ignorance. 1t is very common
practice for teachers to lose their pa
tience with pupils, not because of their
inattention, indifference. or laziness;
but because they are slow to learn. III
the child is attentive the teacher should
not in the lsaet become impatient If IL
were necessary TO 60 over point .
dozen times in order to get the pupil
to understand it. Be patient with ig-
norance, I repeat.
Study to use that. The boy whose
father assigned him the task Of picking
up all the stones in q certain meadow
and plling them in the corner of the
fence. used tact when he induced Q
number Of boys near by to come into
the meadow and have game Of rock
shooting at target in the corner Of the
fence. The lady whose little girl came
to her crying saying she had to write
composition and couldn't do 1t. used
tact when she told her daughter to sit
down by the window with paper and
pencil and write about what she saw
from the window until she had time to
assist her. Tact secured to the little
girl composition on "Ohjects seen
from the Window without q MUIR
mur. Some one has we'll said that
"talent In something but tact il every
thing"
The secret Of good order IL the ability
to keep your pupils busy. There are
many ways of securing satisfactory
work from pupils. What IL an incen-
tive to one pupil to work will not be to
Pupils should be irduced to
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